and that naval warships be stationed off lung ##a point on september 12 to " destroy any americans who attempted to flee from the island . " on 7 september , ka ##wa ##guchi issued his attack plan to " ro ##ut and ann ##ih ##ila ##te the enemy in the vicinity of the gu ##ada ##lc ##anal island airfield . " ka ##wa ##guchi ' s plan called for his forces to split into three , approach the lung ##a perimeter inland , and launch a surprise night attack . ok ##a ' s force would attack the perimeter from the west while ich ##iki ' s second ec ##hel ##on — renamed the ku ##ma battalion — would attack from the east . the main attack
and that naval warships be stationed off lunga point on september 12 to " destroy any americans who attempted to flee from the island. " on 7 september, kawaguchi issued his attack plan to " rout and annihilate the enemy in the vicinity of the guadalcanal island airfield. " kawaguchi's plan called for his forces to split into three, approach the lunga perimeter inland, and launch a surprise night attack. oka's force would attack the perimeter from the west while ichiki's second echelon — renamed the kuma battalion — would attack from the east. the main attack